Healthcare operations
Delivering optimum healthcare in hospitals and at home, despite growing pressure from demographic shifts and staff shortages.
We focus on an efficient healthcare system that gives healthcare providers more time to do what really matters: monitoring and caring for patients.
Minimal planning losses
Poor planning of treatment rooms, staff and patient flows leads to wasted capacity.
Our technologies enable hospitals to coordinate staff and treatments more intelligently and minimise planning losses.
Smart hospital logistics
Hospital staff perform countless logistical tasks every day - from delivering medication to replenishing supplies and moving equipment. Because this is often done manually and with little coordination, there is a lack of overview - resulting in delays, lost materials and unnecessary time losses.
Our technologies increase the level of autonomous execution in these processes and ensure a smoother flow of both patients and materials throughout the hospital.
Autonomous logistics support
A large part of nursing time is spent on routine tasks such as distributing towels, meals and medication. This is at the expense of direct patient care.
Our technologies enable autonomous trolleys with smart handling functions that perform these tasks independently, freeing up more time for real care.
Less medical waste
Healthcare institutions use many materials only once - from needles and gloves to medication and textiles. This creates a wide range of waste streams.
Our technologies support smarter waste management: with solutions such as waste stream monitoring and automated kitting, we help reduce waste and operate more sustainably.
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Our vision and context
Operational excellence
Demographic shifts are driving up demand for healthcare, while staff shortages and rising costs are putting increasing pressure on the system. This combination makes it inevitable that we will have to redesign our healthcare provision.
At the same time, rapid technological advances are opening up new possibilities – from innovative treatments to smart follow-up and monitoring. This enables shorter hospital stays and more personalised care at home.
Effective operational processes are crucial to capitalising on these opportunities. That is why operational excellence will help shape the healthcare of tomorrow.
Care from hospital to home
Hospital care
Patients receive high-tech treatment but stay only briefly. Hospitals focus on more treatment rooms and fewer patient rooms.
Related success stories and technologies
Home care
Follow-up continues at home through visiting nurses and remote patient monitoring.
Nursing home
For patients who need ongoing support, technology in nursing homes streamlines workflows and logistics, giving staff more time for personal care and well-being.
Smart technologies for healthcare
Situational and self-awareness technologies
To identify, interrogate, and evaluate both environmental conditions and system states.
Business, Sustainability & Operations Management
Optimising the operations, sustainability, and value-creation of businesses.
Robotics, sensors and actuators
Improving the core components of robotics and smart machines.
Reasoning and Acting Technologies
For intelligent decision-making and the orchestration of (autonomous) actions.
Unique testing infrastructure
Additive manufacturing
Open and modular additive manufacturing platforms for research into the 3D production process.
Testing physical and physiological stress
For mechanical and thermal tests of electr(on)ic components.
Autonomous vehicles for sensor testing
For testing of sensors and algorithms used in autonomous vehicles.
Digital model-based factory design and control processes
Digital Twin control room for digital models of factory designs and control processes.
